Re: Linux and Oracle, possible?

Zoran wrote:
>
> Ok, before you get all hyper, I know this has been asked and answered
> before... But I'm not looking to run the Oracle server on Linux
> (eventhough some have done it with some SCO emulation).
>
> What I'm interested is, can you somehow access an Oracle server (say
> it's on NT) from a Linux machine. Sort of like SQL*Net and Pro*C for
> Linux perhaps?
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Zoran.

Hi Zoran,

Trifox has some products, VORTEX C, VORTEXcli and VORTEXchannel. They talk to multiple RDBMS and also supported under Linux.

VORTEXc and VORTEXcobol are pre-compilers that translate embedded SQL statements into calls to VORTEXcli. These modules provide database independence and interoperability to C and COBOL programs as well as giving them access to the performance improvements provided by VORTEXchannel and VORTEXaccelerator.

VORTEXcli is the VORTEXchannel call-level interface. Using the supplied routines, all industry standard SQLCA/SQLDA structures, you can access any VORTEXchannel-supported database. In addition to the elegant access, VORTEXcli supports automatic datatype conversion as well as bulk interface, making your existing C and COBOL applications efficient in a multi-tier, distributed environment.

VORTEXchannel is the virtual database interface, and the backbone of the VORTEX family of products, that provides access to multiple data managers. VORTEXchannel connects your ODBC, JDBC, Java, C++, and Perl applications to a huge array of relational and object-oriented data managers, as well as legacy data structures. Programs generated via VORTEXc and VORTEXcobol interface to VORTEXchannel via the VORTEXcli.

VORTEX currently provides transparent concurrent access to Oracle, RdB, Ingres, Sybase, Informix, ADABAS, ODBC, DB2 and allBase across multiple hardware platforms for a variety of products and companies.

Please see http://www.trifox.com for details on the VORTEX family line of products.

Regards,

Bob Eisner
408 369-2392 Received on Fri May 16 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT